A few turns later, Lakshmi knew the game was hopeless. She was down to one last card against her opponent's overwhelming force. There were no thoughts of "just a game" in Lakshmi's mind--she had gone all-out in a mental struggle and found herself outplayed, outmatched, defeated. As she tried to play her last desperate effort, her opponent softly smiled and revealed the last card, a serpentine woman whose eyes seemed to glow...

Lakshmi had only a moment to gasp at the sight before she froze solid, transformed to stone by the power of the game and her acceptance of defeat.

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